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April 19, 2013 | Program Result
Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
April 19, 2013 | Program Result
Formerly incarcerated men, most of them Black, are drawing on the package of housing, employment and support services provided by Better Futures Minnesota in the Twin Cities to help turn their lives around. Some of the men tell their stories here.
March 26, 2012 | Story
RWJF scholar studies ways to help former inmates survive the difficult—and often deadly—transition to freedom.
June 20, 2012 | Program Result
This initiative provides access to permanent supportive housing for people who have been incarcerated and have a history of mental illness, substance abuse, or both, and have cycled repeatedly through jails, shelters, hospitals, and detox centers.
December 4, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute analyzed the characteristics and experiences of former prisoners returning from prison to homes in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland and Houston.
March 15, 2012 | Journal Article
Former inmates face many challenges in the post-release period as drug use and the risk of overdose is highly prevalent due to lack of social support, exposure to drugs in their environment, financial trouble, and difficulty integrating back into the community.
September 17, 2012
Learn about the programs and grants funded by the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio.